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| 20th December 2012 | The 2012 US Farm Bill and Cotton SubsidiesA new programme in the upcoming US Farm Bill is intended to resolve the long standing dispute between the US and Brazil on cotton subsidies. Harry de Gorter of Cornell University evaluates this proposal, the Stacked Income Protection Plan for cotton (STAX), as well as its accompanying measures. Professor de Gorter includes recommendations on how… | |
| 2nd November 2012 | Potential Impact of Proposed 2012 Farm Bill Commodity Programs on Developing CountriesThe United States is the largest exporter of many key commodities leading to a significant impact on international markets. In this paper Bruce Babcock and Nick Paulson examine what proposed changes in US agricultural policy would do to the scale of production and the potential impact for developing countries. Currently available estimates examine scenarios with… | |
| 9th October 2012 | TRIPS-Related Patent Flexibilities and Food Security: Options for Developing CountriesFood security is a pressing global challenge. Agricultural innovation is critical to addressing it. Equally important is ensuring that the benefits of such innovation are widely diffused, especially in developing countries. The TRIPS Agreement provides WTO members with flexibilities for implementing its provisions in a way consistent with their agriculture and food security objectives. Yet such… | |
| 12th September 2012 | US Farm Policy and Risk AssistanceInsurance for key commodities is likely to be a critical element of the next US farm bill. Carl Zulauf and David Orden, leading experts on crop insurance and domestic support, offer an analysis of the policy options available for managing risk to crops and revenue, and try to establish the extent to which these may… | |
| 23rd August 2012 | Net Food-Importing Developing CountriesHigh and volatile food prices pose new challenges to poor, net food-importing countries. This paper seeks to identify which countries may be most vulnerable to recent price trends, and identifies tools that domestic decision-makers could use to promote food security. | |
| 23rd July 2012 | The Future and the WTO: Confronting the ChallengesMutually agreeable solutions have yet to be found for moving the WTO’s stalled Doha Round forward. This collection of short essays aims to help in the search for consensus by providing brief but thorough analyses on the most pressing issues in today’s global trade environment. The e-book features an array of dynamic contributions from some of… | |
| 9th July 2012 | Вступление России в ВТО: влияние на сельско- хозяйственную торговлю и производствоДанное исследование рассматривает как вступление России в ВТО может повлиять на торговлю сельскохозяйственной продукцией и производство. И что от этого могут получить развивающиеся страны, особенно те, которые занимаются… | |
| 15th June 2012 | Tackling Perverse Subsidies in Agriculture, Fisheries and EnergySubsidies have always been part of the policy toolbox that governments use to achieve a variety of policy goals. Over the last decades, they have been particularly pervasive in the energy, agriculture and fisheries sectors. The way in which these subsidies are allocated plays a major role in shaping global production and trade patterns, income distribution… | |
| 4th June 2012 | Trade Policy Responses to Food Price Volatility in Poor Net Food-Importing CountriesIn recent years, high and volatile prices have contributed to acute shortages of basic foodstuffs in poor, net food-importing countries. This paper examines the new challenges these countries face, and looks at what could be done to overcome them. | |
| 21st May 2012 | Trade Policy Options for Enhancing Food Aid EffectivenessThis paper looks at how food aid could be made more effective, in the light of recent food price trends, and examines how different approaches could affect trade and development. The author argues in favour of establishing international rules that will provide a meaningful framework for ‘bona fide’ food aid. | |
| 27th April 2012 | Possible Effects of Russia’s WTO Accession on Agricultural Trade and ProductionThis study examines how Russia’s WTO accession could affect agricultural trade and production. It finds that developing countries could gain from the accession, especially those exporting products such as beef, pork or sugar, and that grain importers could also gain from greater market stability if Russia respects new commitments on export restrictions. Click here for Russian… | |